Chang is the editor of Quiet Fire: A Historical Anthology of Asian American Poetry, 1892-1970 (Asian American Writers Workshop/Temple University Press, 1996), and has published articles on Asian American poetry and Asian American literature. Since receiving her Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, she has taught at Boston College and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is currently Assistant Professor in the English Department at Santa Clara University.